Best of Bug (curriculum-building workshop, Carol Sterner, Cristie Shifflet, Kellee Mulder, Kelly Martin, grade 1)
Firing up Inquiry in First Grade (Carol Sterner, grade 1)
Integration of Science, Reading, and Writing PD Water Quality PD (Leslie Bollinger, Kathy Rollings grade 4)
Native and non-native plants training with Mary Hoy- 10/1/12 (Erica Warner and Jeannie Marlo- 5th Grade teachers)
Finding Stem in the 5th grade- 7/26/12 (Erica Warner and Jeannie Marlo- 5th Grade Teachers)
Criteria 3: Celebration
Students in all grades participated in creating CSE's cap mural.
*Earth Day yearly/variety of activities:
School-wide sidewalk art (2011)- To celebrate our wonderfurl Earth children in our entire school worked in teams to create sidewalk art to celebrate Earth Day! Each grade level worked together to decorate the sidewalks with beautiful artwork outside their classrooms. Each block contained messages from the children about the importance of taking care of our environment. Then, each class took a tour of the beautiful art!
Bottlecap Mural (2012)- The entire Cranberry Station community came together in 2012 to create a bottle cap mural for our school. Children, parents and staff collected bottle caps for an entire year and a bottle cap recycling station was set up in the fourth grade hallway. "Captain Cap" would visit classrooms each week and collect bottle caps from each grade level. These caps were then used to create a mural labeled, "We Hold the World in our Hands." Each child and staff member had a part of this mural project and it proudly hangs outside of our Cranberry Station Cafeteria!
Insect DayRecycling Project (grade 2, 2012)- In order to teach their students about the importance of recycling, second grade teachers celebrated Insect Day by having their students collected recyclable items and reused them to created their own insects.
Yearly trip to Maryland Science Center (grade 4)- Each year our fourth graders take a trip to the Maryland Science Center as a celebration of our science learning throughout the year.
*Artist in Residence / Green School Celebration (school-wide May 2013)
Red Ribbon Ceremony-Green House
Tours of Blue Bird Trails
Sharing of children's work-
Poetryabout our environment, argumentative writing about environment issues
Criteria 1: Environmnetal Issue Instruction
Criteria 2: Professional Development
Criteria 3: Celebration
- School-wide sidewalk art (2011)- To celebrate our wonderfurl Earth children in our entire school worked in teams to create sidewalk art to celebrate Earth Day! Each grade level worked together to decorate the sidewalks with beautiful artwork outside their classrooms. Each block contained messages from the children about the importance of taking care of our environment. Then, each class took a tour of the beautiful art!
- Bottlecap Mural (2012)- The entire Cranberry Station community came together in 2012 to create a bottle cap mural for our school. Children, parents and staff collected bottle caps for an entire year and a bottle cap recycling station was set up in the fourth grade hallway. "Captain Cap" would visit classrooms each week and collect bottle caps from each grade level. These caps were then used to create a mural labeled, "We Hold the World in our Hands." Each child and staff member had a part of this mural project and it proudly hangs outside of our Cranberry Station Cafeteria!
- Insect Day Recycling Project (grade 2, 2012)- In order to teach their students about the importance of recycling, second grade teachers celebrated Insect Day by having their students collected recyclable items and reused them to created their own insects.
- Yearly trip to Maryland Science Center (grade 4)- Each year our fourth graders take a trip to the Maryland Science Center as a celebration of our science learning throughout the year.
*Artist in Residence / Green School Celebration (school-wide May 2013)